Former Arkansas representative Asa Hutchinson, who is directing the National Rifle Association's National School Shield project, speaks at a news conference in Washington today.

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The National Rifle Association's National School Shield project released a series of recommendations today it says will help keep schools safer, including a training program for teachers and other school staff who want to carry a firearm.

The "model training program" would include a background check for school staffers who want to carry a firearm as well as 40-60 hours in training, former representative Asa Hutchinson, director of the project, said during a press conference at the National Press Club.

The report acknowledged many schools were unable to afford adding school resource ...